chsdbacks Chapter 762 Taking Stock of the Harvest and the Last Apostles
Chapter 762 Taking Stock of the Harvest and the Last Apostles
The light from the teleportation array slowly faded in the main laboratory of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.
The familiar elemental fluctuations, mixed with the faint sandalwood scent of incense from the temple, flooded into my nostrils.
The cool blue light continued to shine steadily on the work and array screens, giving the entire laboratory a somewhat chilly feel.
Jemin stepped out of the teleportation array and stretched his neck.
With a soft crack of the joints, the body, which had been extremely tense, gradually relaxed from the depths of its muscles and bones.
Viola is still looking for a suitable buyer for the information regarding the octopus-man captives and the coordinates of the multi-race united base.
Selling it directly to the Star Ring Federation military would certainly earn her a considerable amount of military merit, but she clearly didn't intend to sell it so hastily. With rare intelligence like this, comparing prices from different sources always allows her to extract even more profit.
Jemin had no objection to this.
Anyway, his share had already been agreed upon long ago.
He had already accepted the reward of 5 billion low-level military merits in advance. As for what price Viola could fetch later, that was up to her. Before leaving, the two also agreed that once she found a buyer, she could directly transfer her share to his magic network terminal.
As soon as Jemin returned, he went to the culture area next to the laboratory.
That independent incubation room has already been adjusted according to the environmental parameters of Viola's dimension.
Starlight with a light purple spectrum, high air humidity, slightly acidic soil rich in trace elements... every indicator was calibrated by Jeming.
He then took out several sealed test tubes from his inner cave, which contained samples of active ganglia collected from the vegetative state patients, and carefully placed them into the culture medium.
The pale green liquid flows slowly in the circulation pipes, like a quiet stream of life.
The active tissue gradually unfurls its curled tentacles, begins to adapt to the new environment, and slowly proliferates.
Jemin then separated a small portion of the active tissue and sent it into the special culture tank next to him that was connected to the creation system.
As the passive catalytic function is activated, the incense and spiritual energy inside the cultivation tank begin to slowly fuse according to the preset ratio.
Pale golden light rose from the rune array at the bottom of the slot, enveloping the active tissue.
Soon, changes appeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Ganglia that normally take several days to complete a single division can, under the catalysis of the natural system, complete their first proliferation within hours. The newly formed ganglia are extremely active, and the establishment of synaptic connections is several times faster than in the natural state.
"Indeed, it seems that this species also possesses the characteristics of plants and can be influenced by the cultivation acceleration of the creation system."
Jemin nodded in satisfaction, noted the data in the lab log, and then turned back to his work.
It's time to take stock of the other gains from this interdimensional war.
He imported the knowledge system of vegetative patients into the computing terminal, and the light screen unfolded page by page in front of him.
Jemin quickly skipped over the irrelevant information and soon found what he was looking for.
Those vegetative-body individuals have achieved remarkable success in life force extraction systems, such as the structure of miniature biochemical reaction chambers, the purification and storage technology of life energy, and the information transmission protocols of population neural networks...
Even from Jemin's current perspective, every piece of knowledge seems incredibly valuable.
He spent several days organizing and archiving all of this information, even creating a new category to house it separately. The octopus-man's find, however, was entirely different.
Judging from the data captured from prisoners and spoils of war, the octopus people's individual cultivation system is quite complex.
A mountain of techniques on how to strengthen the physical body, how to temper armor, and how to break through limits in battle was piled up, seemingly incredibly abundant. However, after a cursory glance, Ke Jieming realized that these things were of little use to him.
He possesses body-forging techniques and the ability to temper his body with the true fire of the sun, having long since taken a different path in physical enhancement.
The octopus-men's techniques are several orders of magnitude less efficient and less profound than the body-tempering methods.
So he quickly packed up and compressed these techniques, threw them into the miscellaneous items category, and then focused his attention on the intelligence and worldview common sense extracted from the consciousness of the octopus-man leader.
However, I haven't gained much knowledge in this area.
The octopus-man leader didn't know much.
After all, the internal structure of the multi-race alliance was too large, and since the loss of the ninth-level ancestor, the octopus civilization had been marginalized and could not even get close to the threshold of the mid-level decision-making meeting.
All he knew was that there were roughly a few outposts of similar size in his assigned mission area.
Further up, there's a more conventional understanding, with even less knowledge about multi-racial unity than Jemin himself.
The reason for this, according to the leader's memories, is that even when the octopus-man civilization possessed a level nine existence, it could not be considered a core civilization within the multi-race alliance.
This information made Jieming pause for a moment.
A civilization possessing level nine beings is already at the pinnacle of existence in the endless chaotic void.
If such a civilization can only be considered a non-core member in a multi-race alliance, then what level is the core civilization of the multi-race alliance? However, this also indirectly confirms his and Viola's previous judgment.
A level nine being is indeed not irreplaceable for a multi-race alliance.
That's why there are actions like distributing level nine creations to small forces in remote star sectors.
While browsing through common knowledge about the worldview, Jemin's gaze was quickly drawn to a word.
That's the term used by the octopus people... or rather, the term used by a multi-race alliance to refer to wizards, not simply "wizards" or "enemies."
Rather, he is an "Apostle of the Last Days".
"...Strange?" Jemin couldn't help but fall into thought.
Based on his analysis of the common language of the multi-ethnic union, the meaning of this title... to be honest, is a bit special.
In a multi-ethnic, shared language system, the root word "end" does not simply mean "end" or "death," but rather a more specific scenario such as "the end of the world."
As for the meaning of "apostle," it is similar to the most common religious terms in many civilized languages, referring to the messenger or agent of a higher being, the final apostle, which can basically be translated as the messenger who guides the end of the world.
This doesn't sound like a nickname casually given on the battlefield at all... or if it really is a nickname, the pronunciation of "monster" or "wizard" is much simpler.
This term is more like a formal designation that has been used for a long time within a multi-racial union and has been preserved through multiple cultural integrations. Moreover, when the octopus-men mention this word, there is no mockery or belittling, only pure fear.
After a moment of contemplation, Jemin quickly searched for terms like "psychic catastrophe" or "reflection dimension."
Surprisingly, Jemin quickly found these two words. Although the pronunciation was different from the language of the wizarding civilization, the underlying meaning was similar, and they were also terms specifically referring to those two calamities.
"Well... how should I put it?" Jemin asked with a strange expression.
The Calamity of Spirituality, the Reflection Dimension, the End Apostles.
No matter how you look at it, these three are the same type of word!
Taking these three terms together and considering the perspective of multi-ethnic unity, it feels more like a group of civilizations coming together to resist three world-class catastrophes...
"Uh, the wizarding civilization shouldn't be considered a calamity... right?"
Towards the end, even Jieming himself felt a little guilty.
Immediately, Jemin opened the Magic Network terminal and sent an encrypted message to Viola.
A few seconds later, the light screen lit up.
Viola's face appeared on the light screen. Behind her, it seemed, was still inside the wreckage of the octopus-man flagship, where cleanup work was still underway. Her usual smile remained, but now carried a more pronounced teasing tone.
"What, you miss me so soon?"
Jemin ignored the question expressionlessly and went straight to the point, stating his discovery.
After hearing this, Viola's smile faded slightly, but the slight curve remained.
Instead of giving her usual long and detailed explanation, she simply tilted her head slightly, her tone conveying a sense of "this is a long story, but I'm not going to talk about it now."
"Well... once you reach level six and actively merge with the origin of a plane, you'll understand."
The call ended abruptly after the words were spoken.
After the light screen went dark, Jemin stood there, scratched his head, and looked somewhat bewildered.
Curiosity gnawed at Jemin's heart like cat claws. He strongly suspected that Viola deliberately kept quiet about discovering the ninth-level creation in order to get revenge on him!
However, Viola's words, though cryptic, implied that this was common knowledge among high-level wizards. It was also because of Viola that Jemin made a firm decision to complete his advancement to level six wizard as soon as possible.
After all, the gains from this interdimensional war were indeed beyond imagination.
Once Viola sells the intelligence about the stronghold, even if it's just half of the proceeds, it will be enough for Jemin to pay off his debt to his mentor Clark and also make up for the funding shortfall in the construction of the Creation System.
As for the auxiliary stars of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array, they can be left empty for now.
In short, the gains from this interdimensional war resolved the problem of insufficient military merits. Even if Jemin no longer participates in other interdimensional wars, he can rely on the long-term benefits of his technology to make his financial resources abundant again.
More importantly, this interdimensional war also made him see his shortcomings more clearly.
Jemin actually knew the reason. Although he had broken through to the Dao Integration Realm, the time was too short, only a little over a hundred years in total. Moreover, during these hundred years, he spent most of his time studying the Zhou Tian Star Array and the Creation System, and had no time to seriously study the various supernatural abilities of the Dao Integration Realm.
To put it bluntly, he lacked not only military merits, but also time.
Therefore, it's time to advance to level six.